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2 days ago · Published: June 5, 2024 9:00am EDT. This article was originally published in Spanish. In some languages, spelling matches pronunciation, while in others (like English) this is far from true.
Like in English some words are pronounced to have the ”ä” or ”ö” pronounciation in them (sorry, can’t think of any examples rn) But the Finnish ”y” seems difficult. It’s very strong and unique from other letters.
3 days ago · Cambridge Dictionary - English dictionary, English-Spanish translation and British & American English audio pronunciation from Cambridge University Press
2 days ago · A language’s transparency refers to the relationship between its letters (known as “graphemes”) and its sounds (“phonemes”). In a transparent language, each grapheme usually represents a ...
1 day ago · How to say vaatanen in Finnish? Pronunciation of vaatanen with 1 audio pronunciation and more for vaatanen.
3 days ago · Finnish language, member of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family, spoken in Finland. Finnish did not achieve official status until 1863, and it, as well as Swedish, were designated the national languages of Finland in 1919. Learn more about the history and phonology of Finnish.
3 days ago · In fact, there are studies showing that the rate of reading development in English is more than twice as slow as more transparent languages such as Finnish, Italian or Spanish. This means that a Finnish child can master basic reading in one year, while an English speaking child might need two or even three years to reach the same level.
